The suspects in police custody.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Drug Control Agents at the Ministry of Interior have disbanded a network of drug traffickers and dealers operating in the UAE.

The gang was also conducting money-laundering activities associated with these operations. Gang members were arrested and the source of their illicit funds dried up.

Fifty-nine ‏members from different nationalities accused of being part of a drug network, that is connected to a drug producing country and works under its direction, were arrested. 

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Drug dealers in the concerned country randomly send voice messages and pictures of various drugs to different people against money deposited in their bank accounts.

 A videograb shows the suspect being apprehended. 

‏Among the members arrested, 33 are accused of displaying drugs in different public places and sending locations to drug dealers inside the producing countries, who in their turn sell them to addicts. While the remaining 26 accused were responsible for collecting the funds after being deposited in banks by addicts.

‏The amount of drugs and ecstasy seized with the accused is 72kg from different substances: crystal, heroin, weed and ecstasy pills.